Weeks in China

We are so happy to have shared our week to travel China in Chinese Spring Festival. Chris and Geoff having had their flight postponed out of Shanghai, they had a 7 hour lay over there, so didn't arrive in Dalian until late Saturday night and were in need of a good nights sleep. We spent the next day showing off our school and community and exploring the Jinshitan area. Unfortunately it was windy and cold, including a bit of rain, but time passed quickly. We celebrated their first night by buying a large box of fireworks and setting them off in the middle of the street just down from our apartment. I had hoped we could go to the beach and enjoy the evening, but it was too cold - fun fireworks though! They are the kind that we would see at home on the first of July- big and colorful, but by no means the biggest that we could have bought. It was just the biggest that we could easily carry!
The second day we took the train into Dalian and KaiFaQu, where we did some shopping and ate lunch at IKEA - a favorite haunt of Maple Leaf teachers, but not the best lunch in town! On our third day, we had a driver arranged by our China tour agency take us into Dalian for the day to check out some sights that Rick and I had not seen yet, including a large square called XingHai, and a beautiful drive overlooking the ocean. Geoff and Chris loved one of the the underground shopping malls - 4 floors underground - small vendors all entreating you to spend your money with them. We still laugh at Rick buying a pair of shoes that he really didn’t want. We finished our day off with a delicious meal at an Indian curry house and then got dropped off for our evening flight to Beijing. That night , we had a second driver (Cat) also arranged by the China tours meet us at the Beijing airport. He spoke English well - what a bonus. He was pretty proud of the fact that the customers he drove had taught him the English he knew. And then got a good laugh out of the fact that they ended up paying him for it! He had a difficult time trying to find our hole in the wall hostel, though, and had us all wondering what we had gotten ourselves into (or what I had gotten us into because I had chosen the hostel!). It turned out to be a great place - walking distance to all the city center attractions - Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square- as well as the subway (which turned out to be a lifesaver as we never did find a taxi driver who would or could take us back to our hostel!) It had a great bar/restaurant that we spent all of our evenings, many western travelers and a great friendly atmosphere. As well, western breakfasts! Rooms were small but clean and the staff was so helpful. We spent everyday visiting different sites and markets, but mostly ended up being exhausted and sure appreciated our place and a cold beer. One day we hired the same driver to take us to a section of the Great Wall. We had asked him for a more remote section where it was not all restored and filled with souvenir sellers. He took us to Mutianyu, about 2 hours away. We walked the 1022 (we counted them) steps to get onto the wall. And if you didn't want to take the gondola down, you could take the 'toboggan' run. (Geoff and Chris did this and said it was a lot of fun - but Rick and Gail walked the 1022 steps back down!) Anyway, the Wall was so interesting - the main part where you go was restored, but at the end you could walk on the unrestored section and see it wind for miles through the mountain peaks. It was truly an amazing sight and the highlight of the trip as far as attractions. I am waiting for Chris's pictures because my batteries ran out of charge when we got there. I curse Chinese batteries which generally last one day of pictures - I'm always changing batteries! Some of our best time, though, was at the hostel sitting in the bar drinking beer and laughing. It was so much fun to be all together. The weather warmed up enough to sit on the small front patio and watch the Chinese tourists watch us. All of us were surprised at the number of times random people came and asked if they could take their picture with us. You feel like a celebrity and realize how much of a novelty foreigners still are here. On the last Sunday, we took the bullet train to Tianjin for the next destination of travel China.

Moon Spring in Dunhuang

I am teaching history in the US, thus when I decided a China tour, I set directly for Dunhuang, I believe that many of you will agree with me, Dunhuang is a small but ancient and historical city, very important in ancient Asian civilization. It is in China's province of Guansu. It is an Oasis city along the fabled Silk Road, leading from the important city of Xi'an (home of the Terra Cotta Warriors) toward the countries of the West. Dunhuang is the half way point from the ancient metropolis of Xi'an to the borders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, and India and was an important desert-oasis rest-stop for the travelling caravans of merchants, religious and diplomatic envoys, and adventurers heading to and from China. It is a very beautiful and green city, but is completely surrounded by huge desert sand dunes and larger forboding mountains. Dunhuang has seen its importance rise and fall with the development of more modern and efficient transportation of China's valuable exports of Silk, Porcelain, Spices, Jade throughout China's long history. Once a melting pot of cultures and religions, Dunhuang's ancient and spectacular historical sites, especially the fascinating Mogao Cave Paintings, are now visited by an ever increasing influx of tourists from around the world. There are many beautiful sites and repositories of Buddhist art surrounding this lovely oasis-city of Dunhuang.About 3 miles south of Dunhuang, and only 5 minutes from my unique and comfortable hotel, is "Yueya Quan", also known as the Crescent Moon Lake, a small freshwater lake that has been a vital sources of water here for thousands of years. It is situated adjacent to the "Mingsha Shan" (the Singing Sand Mountain-Dunes), which tower several hundred feet high. The dunes were named after the noise made as the grains of sand are crunched under foot. I was quite aware of this sound as we climbed these steep dunes for some remarkable views across the city of Dunhuang and the surrounding desert. For the many hundreds of daily tourists like me, a range of exciting activities are available surrounding these golden sand dunes, making it a more memorable visit. Of course there are the obligatory camel rides along the desert trails leading toward to height of the mountain like sand dunes, as well as para-gliding, ultralights, and sand tobogganing. Dunhuang's Crescent-shaped Spring is encircled by the MingSha Sand-Mountain. It is unique for its crescent-shaped water body, about 100 feet long from south to north and 60 feet wide from east to west. It is deepest (15 feet) in the east-water and more shallow in the west. The blue water of the graceful Crescent-shaped Spring looks like an in-laid jewel in the golden sands. Grasses, weaving reeds and some scattered willows grow around the body of spring-water. This tiny body of fresh-water has been on this spot for unknown thousands and perhaps millions of years, never drying up and never covered by sand. It has served and refreshed caravans of merchants and travellers along the Silk Road since its inception. A story tells of living forever and never growing old after eating the "Tiebei Fish / Qixing Cao" within the spring water. I had no luck finding some of these tiny fish, and so I can only imagine, that my years on earth are still numbered. In ancient historical scrolls of the region, the crescent-shaped water has been described as blue, clear and bright as a mirror. It is lauded as a unique geographical miracle, that the spring water never dries up in a location, where the evaporation is 100 times as large as the rainfall.
On the journey, there are many people as me, the first time to travel China. We all felt deeply impressed. It is said that, when ancient Chinese people feel excited, they recite poems. And my guide recited an excellent poem by a poet from the Qing Dynasty, vividly traces the splendor of the Crescent-shaped Spring:
"Crescent-shaped Spring water being clear, blue and bright like a mirror, what matter if wind blows and sand beats, the inter-promoting relation exists between them, getting spring water to cook tea after strolling the spring." Only a few temples remain of hundreds, that were once situated along the south bank of the spring, and the site became an important Taoist holy ground in Dunhuang. The region of the Mogao Grotto and Caves was known as the Holy Land of Buddhism and the Crescent-shape Spring and the Mingsha Mountains became that for the Taoists. Taoism is the most traditional philosophy of the Chinese culture. This China trip to such beautiful Crescent-shaped Spring, looking up into the sky as if it were a bright eye, encircled by the golden Mingsha Mountain, certainly was another highlight during my summer travels of 2010.

My Henan Tour

We started out on Saturday morning for our Private Tour. We left home at around 8.30 for the bus station, we followed the advice of the rough guide for our bus travel. We arrived at the bus station to find that the buses don't go to Keifeng from that bus station. So after much inquiry from my China Tour advisor I'm getting quite proud of my Chinese, we found out which bus to take and it is really smoothly. On reflection perhaps travelling on the 1st May was not the best idea. We arrived in Keifeng at around 12 noon. So we haggled a price for a rickshaw, these are now like electic scooters. And off we went to the hotel. The local Guide from Top China Trip was right about the hotel. It was ideal, a good price and smack in the middle of the city. The city on first impressions was breath taking. Some of the city seem untouched by time.

Anyway we dropped off our bags and the rickshaw driver took us on a tour of the city. Our first stop was the iron pagoda, a tall buddist pagoda built in 974 AD. After a stroll around the park we decided to go back to the hotel for a nap.

That evening we ventured out into the city to be greeted with an incredible sight. There was a very large and boisterous night market right outside our hotel. The sights and scenes at the market were incredible from the Beijing opera being blared over loud speakers to the stalls selling all kind of food. In either direction the food stall lead into an ordinary market selling goods of all types. We had great evening just people watching was great fun.
The next day we started off by visiting a mosque, which is very different to an Arabian mosque. It's very tucked away but some old ladies pointed us in the right direction. We also met some other foreigners in the mosque. After the mosque we had a pleasant stroll to the Temple of the Chief Minister. This is a living and breathing buddist monastary. It is really breathtakingly beautiful inside. Here I've never had my photo taken so much every 5 minutes someone asked to have their photo taken with me. As I said in a blog before I can feel a business opportunity idea here. I have never seen so many buddhas in my life. My personal favorite was the buddha with the exceedingly log eyebrows, dunno what that's all about.


In the afternoon we went to the Shanshangan Guild Hall. A hall built in the 17th century as a meeting place for local merchants. Again a beautiful building with an opera stage inside very much like the temple here in Zhengzhou. There was a very kind old man who sold us some guide cards for the all the attractions in Keifeng. He also had a collection of caged birds including two miner birds that could say "Nihao". Some of the song birds sang like angels. It was lovely just to sit in the shade of a tree and listen to the songbirds going over their repetoire. We found a model of the city in the main hall and from this we decided to visit the site of the imperial palace which was only just around the corner.

The site of the former Imperial Palace is a huge park now with lakes and in the centre is the Dragon pavillion which is built on the foundations of the former palace. We even went on a Dragon Boat. I loved the rowing men's costumes, gold kung-fu pyjamas. I think I may look good in a pair of them.


We've had a great time in Kaifeng. This is a place that if you travel China you must go here it can seem at times as though you have stepped back in time.

Well people enjoy the photos and until the next time.

Visit Chengdu Panda

There are pandas in the zoos of USA, I love pandas, and their home country, China. My Chinese friends play Taiji and write calligraphy, that is fantastic, also, mysterious, I always wonder what kind of culture can breed such arts? So when I finally got ready the money and time, I decided to visit China . Together with me was Tony, my good pal. He proposed Chengdu, a hot tourist city for China travel, and the hometown of the lovely pandas. Then we moved on to Sichuan, expecting for a grand China tour.
After landing on, our tour guide Jerry was already waiting at the airport lobby, holding a big card, and my name was written in very big size. He works for Top China Trip, the excellent visit China who organized for us this trip. The following was easy, drive to the hotel and check in the room, then a good rest.
All things are ready, the hotel room is clean and tidy, with good air-conditioning. I am not so skinny, so you know air-conditioning is vital for me in summer.
Next day is to see the pandas for me, we got picked up at 8am and drove to the Rehab center about 30 minutes from the city, the giant pandas are so cool, cute and cuddly but extremely strong animals, they thrive in bamboo forests but their habitat is being taken away by development so they are endangered, we were there for 3 hours and went to different sites, all the pandas are eating bamboos and I enjoyed taking photos of them.My pictures are very arty as the pandas refused to stay still and pose for pictures. If anyone has advice on taking pictures in low light, where the flash makes it appear darker, but no flash makes things blurry please let me know. They are very cute looking lazy creatures who sprawl out on their backs to eat tons of bamboo.

Also Tony and I visited the Dufu Thatched House, the memorial of a very famous ancient Chinese poet, the guide introduced that he lived a poor life, and loved very much his country and people. He was praised to be the Poem Saint. Maybe I will read his poems when I back home, Jelly said his poems are very important in China culture.

In the evening, we had a taste of the famous Sichuan local cuisine, the hot pot. On the table there is a simmering metal pot of stock which is kept simmering and ingredients are placed into the pot and are cooked at the table. The raw food include thinly sliced meat, leafy vegetables, mushrooms, wontons, egg dumplings, and seafood. They are supplied on the huge glass plates. We tried to figure out what each dish is, but probably is best not doing so. You pick them off the plates, drop them into the sauce and then a few minutes later fish them out. From then on, it is all about texture. And we ate the cooked food with a dipping sauce. Jelly told us that Sichuan hotpot is markedly different from the types eaten in other parts of China. Quite often the differences lie in the meats used, the type of soup base, and the sauces and condiments used to flavor the meat. The broth is often divided in half and a bubbling, fiery red chilli broth on one side, and a cooler white chicken broth on the other. The more the peppers in the broth boil, the spicier it gets. And we got a less spicy one, advice from Jelly, she said the peppers in Sichuan is famous for its hot taste!
I enjoyed this trip very much, perhaps I will come again! The next time I plan to visit Tibet, a mysterious place in China.

While I am in Xian

Finally I am here travel China in Xi’an of Shanxi province. From my China Tour agency advisor Linda I know that Xi'an used to be the capital of China in a much earlier time. Xi’an, the eternal city, records the great changes of the Chinese nation just like a living history book. Called Chang'an in ancient times, Xi’an is one of the birthplaces of the ancient civilization in the Yellow River Basin area of the country. It's geographic location surrounded by mountains provided a natural barrier. It also makes it insanely humid. Anywhere you went in Xi'an, you could find cranes a plenty. It's really convenient that the private tour has guided us to see the Xi’an city attractions. Situated in the heart of the city is an ancient City Wall that still stands in great condition. Within the wall were many office buildings and the hustle and bustle of night life, not to mention our fancy hotel.
The first thing we saw the next morning in Xi'an was the infamous Terra Cotta Warrior army. They are considered the 8th wonder of the world, and are impressive to see in person. Our tour guide, Susan, from Top China Trip was extremely knowledgeable about them and told us everything there is to know. At times I wondered why Susan was not a historian. Anyway, the Terra Cotta warriors are actually larger than life-size, standing like 7 or 8 feet tall I believe. And contrary to what you would think from the popular photographs, most of them were in brilliant color. The exposure when they were excavated actually wore away the paint or whatever it was that the ancient sculpters used. I was lucky enough to have watched a history special on the warriors, which detailed the life of China's first emperor. Qin Shi Huang (or Huangdi?) was the emperor of the Qin dynasty, which was the first ever unified China. He was a pretty power-hungry guy, and longed to be immortal. I think the records indicate that his advisors told him to consume mercury as a means to longevity, which ultimately killed him. He had the warriors built in order to spiritually guard him in the afterlife. Actually seeing them, the organization was most impressive. They were arranged in ancient battle formations, as if ready to march. Additionally, they were designed down to the tiniest detail. Susan said they were uniquely modeled after soldiers in the actual army, which blows your mind considering how many of them there are and how long it must have taken to make them all.
The next order of business in Xi'an was the "Big Wild Goose Pagoda". A pagoda is similar to a tower I guess, with traditional Chinese architecture. While I didn't get a chance to actually scale the tower, the park surrounding it was impressive. The whole thing is a place of worship for Buddhists, so you could find plenty of Buddhist art depicting stories central to the religion. There was even a procession of some sort walking around. Near the back of the park was a building that had these amazing, huge epics carved out of wood or marble. Imagine a very long painting stretching around a room, but made out of marble and in 3D. I want one. There were also several decorations made out of gold. I think the story of the pagoda is that there were some Buddhist monks who were starving and prayed to the Buddha for food, at which point a couple of geese flew down next to them.

In honor of this spiritual event, a pagoda was built and still stands as an icon of Xi'an to this day.

Before we retired for the evening after our first day in Xi'an, we were treated to a Tang dynasty musical show, which was included in my private tour. It has several pleasant instrumental and dance performances, all of the traditional style. It was extremely colorful too, very aesthetic. Immediately following this was a dumpling feast! They brought out dumplings made out of so many different meats and vegetables, it was quite good. An interesting anecdote: Yan (my pen pal) scold me for calling everything wrapped in dough a dumpling, because in China they all have different names. Really, today is an eventful day and thanks to my travel agency TopChinaTrip arranged an enjoyable travel in Xi’an. Many thanks, Love Xi’an.

Sanya&Guilin Travel

I have heard that Guilin and Hainan is good places to spend holiday. There, you can enjoy the blue water and the sky, the sunshine on the beach, and the delicious local dishes and snacks. I was happy that I got the tailor-made itinerary by topchinatrip. Of course, the private tour is better than group tour greatly and more convenience. As we all know, “Guilin's scenery is the best in the world” and the Elephant Trunk Hill is especially heard often. I was glad I had that chance to travel the Elephant Trunk Hill. We were eager to finding the huge elephant. I was surprised when I saw the green elephant, which situated in the confluence of the Lijiang River and the Peach Blossom River, elongation of the nose riverside water. Going along the Lijiang River, the water was so clean that I cannot help playing with it and the cool and refreshing water danced between my toes. Lijiang River was like a Jade green crystal, which was stamped below its feet by the huge elephant. There was a pigeon garden near the Lijiang River, where attracted me for I love birds very much. All the pigeons pecked the food in my hand and some pigeons come to my shoulder. Their pecking made me tickling. Then, we came to the famous attraction, the End of the earth, in Hainan. Chinese people called it “Tian Ya Hai Jiao”. End of the earth had different styles of reef communities, of which the two rocks standing in the beach was most famous, which were inscribed four red characters of "Tian Ya" and "Hai Jiao". There were more than 4000 kinds of plant species on the island, of which nearly 600 unique native plants species live here. Coconut, rubber, pepper, and cashew were called four emeralds of Hainan. Especially, the coconut juice is really unique. Juice is milky white, sweet and delicious. I miss Hainan very much, the fantastic and beautiful place.

my china sanya tour

Hainan is very famous in China, I think. Most of my friends are eager there. When I told the China travel agency that I wanted to get Hainan, they made an itinerary of Sanya for me. At first, I thought they made a mistake. Then they told me in the e-mail that Sanya was a city of Hainan province. According to my itinerary, I got that is a city with beach. I love it, because I don’t like to travel too many places. I can free on the beach and enjoy the sunlight. After my Sanya tour, several things are not be neglected, such as, the famous Chinese dishes and the sightseeing. Here I want to give other tourists some advice and my experience. First, the sightseeing of Wuzhizhou Island, Yalong Bay, and Size Dongtian are the must place to go. Yalong Bay is a good place to have the Cliff climbing adventure and the sailing-style spire of four white tents, gives you the ancient cultural flavor. Tourists can try some Water sports and diving activities. Size Dongtian involves the sceneries of the sea, the mountain and the stone. The beach of Wuzhizhou Island is just like snow and the water of the sea is clean and blue. This is the paradise for diving. Second, you should taste the seafood in Sanya, such as crab, shrimp, and spiral shell. You can enjoy some snack made by the seafood. It is delicious and not very expensive. If you want to take some presents to your friends, I highly recommend you to go to Bu Xing Street, Hong Qi Street and other professional place, where is full of the special local product but you need to bargain with the server. I have enjoyed the Sanya tour and wish you have a happy life as well as me.

Last year in China

I am an old man from Iran. Both my son and daughter have their own business. So I would like to travel alone, instead of being troublesome for them. But I don’t like join group. I met Topchinatrip when I google China private tour. After providing tailor-made itinerary, I remembered that it has been fixed many times. At first, I am afraid that I might be cheated. After all, we often heard about the instances of fraud on the internet. So I tried many ways to verify. At last, I relievedly made a decision that I would have a tour to Beijing. My tour advisor from Topchinatrips said to me that Beijing and Xian, as ancient capital cities, are the symbols of Chinese ancient history, for example, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, which was one of the many building projects designed to impress visitors and it is really stunning. Then my guide accompanies me to have a sight of Lao she Tea house for a very different taste of Chinese entertainment. Lao she Tea house is close to the heart of the city, which is really similar with the house appeared in Chinese traditional movie. I like it, especially for the red lanterns and fountains and peaceful, private rooms where you can take tea. I was served with a constant supply of tea. I feel like that I am like a Chinese elder. In the night, a Peking Opera was arranged for us. My second station is Xian. It is still the cities my advisor advised to me. In Xian, the attractions impressed me most is the Terra Cotta Warriors, my guide told me a movie story about it made by the Chinese famous director, Zhangyimou. That is striking and adds the mysterious color to it. After traveling Beijing and Xian, I fly to Shanghai, which is also the hot tourism city in China. But it is much more modern and I can see many foreigners there. I like the Bund. My guide had book a cruise on the bund. They told me that called “Dragon Boat”. I had a meal on the boat. Then we also have some time, I suggest that we can have a walk along the river.
I took out of my cameras. My guide takes photos for me as we went. Along the way, we cut across to Nangjing Road, the busiest shooping street in Shanghai. Because it is a little warm, we choose Pizza Hut nearby to have a meal. Afterwards, we walked down Nanjing Road. I think if my daughter came with me, she would be crazy by shopping. Of course, I bought some presents for them and my grandsons. Traveling is a beautiful thing, I like China. Nest time I will choose to visit Guilin. Topchinatrip told me there has the most beautiful scenery. I booked my package of 2012. The photos of the Elephant Trunk Hill, Longji Terraces and Li River Cruise are very nice. I think I cannot travel China alone next time.

Travel in China

We are in New Jersey home now. So we got an impressive journey in Beiijng , Xi'an, Chongqing Yangtze river cruise and ShanghaiTours. Jenny and I still cannot help talking to our neighbors our wonderful China journey. We are really appreciated your well organized plan, not even a trouble happened in our travel. Thanks for your work, arranged comfortable hotels and incredible time-running services. Oh, jenny still has a question, do you have the girl Susan’s e-mail or phone number, the local guide we met at the airport at the first day in Beijing. Jenny really loves talking with Susan, even in the marvelous Forbidden City; she still cannot stop gossiping with Susan. Hope this crazy old woman won't drive Susan crazy. Yangtze River cruise really gave an impression of China. We hearted the Three Gorges Dam before in US, but we thought it's not so wise to build this Dam. For the irreversible change to nature and local culture and people, and the Dam really cannot create that worth to we people. So that is also the reason I wanted you to add Three Gorges Dam in my itinerary. I want to see it with my own eyes. The fact is you, Chinese guys really did a great work, and we enjoyed this. Thank you Taylor, you and your company give great confidence in traveling China. Since I did reservation from topchinatrip.com, everything goes on as I wished. Hope we can enjoy another tour in the future.

Yangtze River Cruise: Fengdu, China.

Day 151: Tuesday, April 27th, 2010.
Yangtze River Cruise: Fengdu, China.

A china tour is always what my friends and I dreamt of. Before finally setting off, we surfed online for China travel, to see if there is one that can help us. And we booked the service from Top China Trip after careful comparison. Following their arrangement, we chose the Yangtze River Cruise Package Tour.
With the guide’s help, we docked in Badong, China at some point during the night so that's where we took off from today. We went thru the Wu Gorge, had breakfast, and then docked at some city where we hopped on a ferry that would take us thru smaller gorge (called the "Lesser Gorges" or "Little Three Gorges"). Beautiful scenery. We always think it so lucky for us to visit China. We then hop onto an even smaller boat to fit into the last and smallest gorge. During this boat trip, one of the guys on the boat demonstrates how we should wear their hat and "cape" thing and most of us give it a shot and have our picture taken (and tip him).

Along the way on the river (for both the ferry and the smaller boat), there are interesting little tid bits of life. One is that there are quite a few "casket caves". These are aptly named- they have caskets in them so that the departed have nice views still. Some of the caskets are gone, due to vandalism or flooding (some are quite close to the river). Also, at one point on the small boat there was someone up in their hillside home (aka- a hut/tent thing) playing some whistle instrument for us little boats that drove by. No way to tip this person, they were just doing it to add to our enjoyment. Very nice. We start heading back to the MS Fortune and myself, David, Ellen, Anna and Jenny play some cards (a game that Ellen and Anna taught us- fun, I'll teach ya!) Back on the MS Fortune, we pass thru a few more gorges and set our sites on destination Fengdu. One of the gorges was the inspiration for the background landscape on the 10 Yuan (RMB) so of course I had to have another picture taken with me holding a 10 (couldn't let the 20 Yuan picture feel special.)

That night, after dinner, myself, Anna and Jenny play some Mahjong. The boat has a room set up specifically for this and we have plenty of help to get us thru the game. Another passenger on the trip, Chinese lady, doesn't speak ANY English, sits down ands joins us and shows us how (reminds me) how to play with just her actions. She is so sweet and nice. Sue has one of the masseuse ladies standing behind her and helping her out and Jenny has some male passenger helping her with her hand. I was on my own and lost. I blame it on not having a team of 2, but it could be 'cause I'm not good at the game. The jury is still out on that one.

After a few hands of Mahjong we have to wrap it up because tonight is the talent show. David is brave enough to get up and sings "If You're Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands" in Mandarin. Must have said it right because the other passengers applauded enthusiastically. Then, Anna and Ellen participated in Musical Chairs and later in the final dance (which was the Chinese Bunny Hop). In between all that, the crew had little dance numbers that were interesting to watch. After the show, everyone heads back to their room but not before we snag a couple of shots of the group with Coco. Our China tour ends.

Here I have suggestions for those friends who want to travel China. , the travel agency is very important. With no familiar persons in there, we can only rely on the travel agents and the guide, the service they arrange for us. I should say, Top China Trip, with her years of professional private travel experience and considerate attitudes towards the customers, has done an excellent job!